For my ARs and Glocks, I tended to count in cases. this gets me close. For other stuff, I tend to have a fairly good idea.
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For my ARs and Glocks, I tended to count in cases. this gets me close. For other stuff, I tend to have a fairly good idea.
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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina
I have one rifle that has less than 200 rounds through it. But I've only had it about 2 weeks, so that kind of explains it.
Funny, I was talking yesterday about this very thing with a buddy. About how we see very cool guns that would be great shooters, that "only" have 50 rounds or less. It's one thing maybe if you're buying from someone who bought it as a night stand gun 20 years ago, but from people who care enough to join gun forums, how could you not shoot something well and often? Maybe if it's in an expensive caliber, but a typical 9mm or .45?
For milsurp rifles that I like, I have no idea. For handload stuff, I keep a notebook, which goes to the range. That keeps load data & number of reloads on the batches of brass. For example, I have a pair of Ruger Vaqueros in 45LC that must have at least 7000 rounds apiece. Because I bought them new and have never used commercial I have a good idea.
There are safe queens which rarely go to the range so I have a good idea how many rounds I fired. Of course, since most were bought used I don't know for sure.
Steve
I try to keep track of the rounds I put through most of my guns. Generally when I go to the range I take X amount of ammo for each gun Im shooting. I keep a log of all my guns and put it in there when I get home and clean them all up. The only guns I dont keep track of are my .22s I have 1 Browning buckmark pistol that is about 15 years old and I would guess it has over 150,000 through it. It goes out everytime I shoot and gets at least a brick through it.When I used to go to the indoor range 3 times a week it got a brick everytime just to blow off some steam and giveme more time on the trigger. I keep track of mine for parts replacement issues and if I do sell one I want to be as honest about rounds down the pipe as I can.
don't keep track, never have.
Most guns I do. I don't shoot a multiplicity of weapons, if you buy a gun from me (for instance) I'm selling it because I don't shoot it, or don't like shooting it. You can get a general idea of wear on any gun by checking the load bearing surfaces.
Some sportsman's group once did an actual survey of new gun buyers, 1 year after purchase 93 percent of guns purchased hadn't been fired more than 50 rounds - this was especially true for handguns.
But sometimes round count is just silly, like with 22's. I'm pretty certain my 22 revolvers have had more than 10k rounds each through them, but it would be hard to tell that. I have a primary carry/carbine and a backup to each. The backups get used once a year for function check, and the primarys get used a lot, but in a measured way. Putting 1k rounds downrange for PRACTICE in a day is simply wrong. I do make think of shooting for training and shooting for fun are two different things.
My beater guns, hell, I don't have any idea what's been through them. They're not beat up, but an AK is an AK, same for SKS. Same for glock.
I think that a lot of guys get all hung up on "round count" because they've got some idea that it affects value if they resell. Those of us who shoot a lot, KNOW that all guns fail or need replacement parts and we just consider it to be part of the sport - we don't care much that a spring should have lasted longer, or a firing pin shouldn't have worn out - we just replace the things and move along.
I also think it's become some kind of selling point, you know (nearly new) is worth more. Well, that study holds true for most guns in the world, maybe not for US, but for the rest of the world - they just don't get shot all that much - until we get our hands on them, then we either shoot them, or move them along to someone who will (but probably wont).
Some guns are round count sensitive. Ive seen this in pistols and rifles. All rifles will eventually eat the throat away and the accuracy will suffer. Some are so sensitive to this, you can tell to within 20 rounds when the throat goes; like 6.5-284s. (the more the caliber is overbored the faster the throat erodes.) The first batch of M9s were predictable in breaking the slide or lock block wings (or both) around 10k. So sometimes it matters.
Other times, it's simply a way to weigh the potential cosmetics. I have a glock 34 with 90k rounds, thens of thousands of draws and reloads, and bounced off a prop or two. So, it's been uglified a little. Still shoots like new.